(Berlin, March 16, 2022)— Russian forces repeatedly fired cluster munitions into the densely populated city of Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine, during three separate attacks on March 7, 11, and 13, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack on March 13 reportedly killed nine civilians, who were apparently queuing at a cash machine. The three attacks also injured several other civilians and damaged a hospital, homes, businesses, and civilian vehicles.
“Multiple residential areas in Mykolaiv were rocked by cluster munition attacks in the span of a week,” said Steve Goose, Arms Director of Human Rights Watch. “Russian forces should cease the use of cluster munitions and end these clearly indiscriminate attacks.”
As Russian forces invading Ukraine confront stronger and more effective resistance than the Kremlin probably anticipated, the big question is: what comes next. The Russian military has a history of meeting such resistance with serious violations of the laws of war, including deliberately targeting civilians and subjecting
It’s a harrowing situation for everyone trying to get out of harm’s way, and everyone escaping the war, no matter where they come from, should be allowed to leave. A week into the invasion, marked by serious violations of the laws of war, one million people have fled across borders into neighboring Poland, Hungary, Slovakia
